Dean Bradley
28 May 2025 · Coroner Clare Bailey · Teesside and Hartlepool
The coroner's concerns
1. inadequate safeguarding of intoxicated individuals with mental health issues
“Current resources for safeguarding those with mental health illnesses whilst intoxicated may be placing people at risk”
2. delayed mental health assessment for intoxicated suicidal individuals
“I heard evidence that a person who was suicidal, suffering with mental health concerns and was intoxicated could not be adequately safeguarded until he was sufficiently sober to allow a mental health assessment”